A/N: hey guys! Okay, good news peoples! I've decided to try to update MONTHLY! Yes, I've decided that this updating process is going too slow and I'll probably lose readers for taking so long (GASP) and I figured at the rate I'm going I'll probably finish this story when I'm 20, which for me, did not do. So I decided to update monthly! And if I don't supply you with a chapter each month I'll think of something special to make it up to you guys. How about you guys chose? If I don't update every month, I'll give you guy's choices for what you want me to do in the late chapter, and the thing that gets the most votes I have to do! Haha I hope that gives people a better idea on how serious I want to finish this thing. But if I have a MAJOR writer's block, please don't kill me if it takes too long to get the chapter up.

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Hmm, it looks like I'm losing readers; I hope that some people stay with me to the end of this fic…but thanks again for reviewing!

Oh, and before I forget, someone told me in a review that they're kinda confused. If anyone is having trouble understanding the fic, tell me what your confused about in a review, or e-mail me (if you don't want to wait that long.) and in the next update I'll try to answer your questions, how does that sound?

Disclaimer: DMT pouts. "Do I HAVE to?" She whines. –lawyers standing nearby pull out snipers- DMT runs to a microphone and hollers: "DON'T OWN DON'T SUE!"

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The sun was almost gone. It's last few rays shown all through the sky, stretching as far as they could. Night was due soon.

The boy snarled.

"I am NOT your apprentice anymore!" He shouted at Slade, throwing out his arms to push him back.

Slade, however, nimbly dodged by jumping aside and he grabbed one of his arms. He began to squeeze the boy's arm, hard.

"You don't have a say in the matter anymore" Slade said slowly as he leaned in towards the boy.

Fierce bright blue eyes met his one.

The boy however, laughed. "What else are you going to do to me Slade? I'll tell you, nothing! You've already raped me of everything I held dear! What more could you do?"

His words bounced off the walls in the alleyway.

Slade tightened his hold on the boy's arm but stepped back.

The boy gulped silently to himself. He had just taken a daring move, and even though Slade was just standing there, he remained as menacing as ever.

"I can do much, much more." Slade uttered finally. He brought his fist back and swung it towards the boy's head.

The boy gaped as he watched Slade's fist come closer and closer.

He dropped to the ground and rolled out of the way before Slade could hit him. He stood up and brought his fists up. If he was gonna go down, he was gonna go down fighting.

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Jump City.

Down town.

A run down hotel.

A dark room.

Shades drawn.

Some shuffling.

Footsteps, slow but steady.

Red X shut the door as he walked out into a very narrow and dimly lit hallway. He was missing his cape entirely. His uniform had many rips and holes in it. Burn marks shown on his skin, and he had many bandages on underneath his uniform. He pulled out a communicator from his belt and pushed down the 'talk' button. His non-human voice echoed on the walls as he spoke…

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BOOM!

Cyborg's human eye snapped open.

He lay on his bed as he lifted his head up. His red eye flashed and turned on.

He held his head with his hand. "What is with all this racket? It's 2 in the morning! People ARE sleeping guys!"

He grumbled as he heard another sound.

"That's it." He threw off his bedspread and marched to his door.

Swhish!

He yawned and walked out into the hallway.

"Some people have A LOT of explaining to do." And he began to march down the hallway.

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Red X spoke into the communicator.

"My mission was a success."

There was a pause, but finally a reply came through the static of the communicator:

"Excellent, I can now put our plan back in motion." Came a voice from the other end.

Red X 'smiled'. He quickly pressed the 'talk' button once more.

"I am happy to hear that, master." Red X said slowly. "But, there is one problem…"

Another pause.

Then the communicator buzzed to life: "What the hell did you do?"

Red X gulped.

A slite hesitation and then he explained the situation.

There was a silence that threw a chill at Red X. But finally the communicator responded.

"You arrogant fool! I gave you exact orders and you did not obey them!" The communicator shouted at Red X.

He winced.

A pause.

"However…" Red X looked at the communicator in surprise.

"We could use this to our advantage…"

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Cyborg walked down the hallway towards robin's room.

He yawned and stretched his arms again.

"Now where is that small hair-gelled little-" He turned the corner and froze. His one human eye widened.

"DUDE!"

Robin lay unconscious under a large piece of rubble. Cyborg stood shocked as he realized that Starfire's door was missing, and that the piece of rubble Robin was under was part of Starfire's door.

"What happened?" Cyborg shouted and ran over to Robin's body. When he did not get an answer, Cyborg knelt down and grabbed the door that Robin lay beneath and began to lift it off of him.

"Raugh!"

He threw it off Robin and it crashed on the floor behind him. Cyborg turned Robin over onto his back and checked his pulse and breathing. There was a pulse. Cyborg began to breathe again. He saw Robin's chest go up and down as well. Cyborg glanced at his surroundings again. While holding Robin, he tried to see into Starfire's room, to see if she was ok.

"Starfire?" He called into the room. He glanced at the boy wonder in his arms and back into Starfire's room.

"Aw man." Cyborg said when he didn't hear an answer from Starfire. He hit a button on his arm, which automatically sent off an emergency signal to all the titans…

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Beep! Flash! Beep! Flash!

Raven's eyes snapped open. She jerked up in her bed. The jewels on her leotard and belt were flashing a red alert. The light made her bedroom glow an eerie glow.

Raven threw her blankets off and jumped out of bed. She grabbed her cloak in a mad rush and flung it on. The nice material touched her skin softly but she didn't have a moment to lose. She summoned her energy and her eyes began to glow a hot white.

In an instant, she took the form of a black raven, and disappeared into the floor.

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Cyborg was waiting in the main room, his arms crossed as he leaned on the counter in the kitchen. The lights in the room were dimmer than normal. There was a groan and some tossing on the couch. Cyborg looked over at the boy wonder to make sure he was sleeping soundly on the couch. Cyborg found that he kept taking peeks at Robin, to make sure he was okay. The boy wonder began to stir.

Suddenly, the air in front of Cyborg began to darken. Soon, it was no longer transparent, and the form of a raven appeared quickly in front of him only to reveal underneath Raven herself.

Cyborg remained unfazed. "What took you so long?"

Raven frowned.

"Well excuse me if I take a little bit to get up at 3:00 in the morning. Why did you wake me up Cyborg?"

Cyborg uncrossed his arms and motioned towards the couch and gave a nod.

Raven turned and glided over to the couch.

She peered over and saw Robin, sleeping, but he looked uncomfortable.

Raven whipped around, angry.

"That's what you woke me up for! Because he's sleeping on the couch! Cyborg I've had it up to here!" Raven yelled, motioning with her hands.

Cyborg looked taken aback. He put his hands up, and motioned for her to stop yelling.

"Raven, I found him out in the hallway…please don't wake him…."

Raven's forehead pulsed. "Cyborg! He was probably sleepwalking! -" But Cyborg shook his head.

"Rae, he was underneath a big part of Starfire's door, which was blown off its hinges. Her room is a mess Rae, and Starfire's gone."

Raven stood in shock. Her face was blank with confusion. "Starfire?"

"Here." He produced a small disc and waved it in the air. "This was the feed the security camera in her room had gotten before it was disconnected." He slipped the tiny disc into a slot on his arm. He positioned himself so that Raven could see the screen. A second later, the screen showed Starfire's room, and Starfire sleeping soundly in the bed.

Raven's eyes narrowed. "I thought you and Robin agreed to get rid of the cameras in our rooms."

Cyborg's attention stayed on the screen. "Robin thought that that would be to much of an invasion of privacy." He answered.

Raven's arms crossed. "Which it IS."

Cyborg's human eye narrowed. "And do you think that now it was a good idea?"

Raven's eyes narrowed turned her attention back to the feed.

The scene on Cyborg's screen suddenly changed. From above the shot, a ceiling tile fell to the ground.

Raven and Cyborg's attention was fixated on the little movie as they waited for more to happen.

Not long after, a black figure dropped from the ceiling. It landed in a crouching position, its back to the camera. Raven leaned in towards the screen, trying to identify who it was.

Cyborg bowed his head and sighed. The figure on the screen turned, and Raven could finally see whom it was.

"No." Raven said in disbelief.

Red X stood in front of Starfire's bed. He stared at Starfire but then suddenly he whipped around and looked at the camera. In one swift movement, he sprung towards the camera and brought his fist to the lens. After that the screen went all static.

Raven gaped. She couldn't believe it.

"Mmmmm ugh." Raven and Cyborg looked over to the couch. Robin turned over and repositioned his head on the pillow.

After a moment of silence, Raven spoke up.

"Cyborg, I'm going to go check on Beast Boy, I think he should know what's happened.

Cyborg nodded. "Good idea, I think he might have slept through the alarm again, and make sure when u wake him up, just be careful when you do."

Raven looked at him funny.

"Just trust me on that." Cyborg said and gave a small smile.

Raven nodded. She began to turn into her dark energy when Cyborg held up his hands.

"Stop, Robin might wake up."

Raven sighed. "Okay, fine, I'll take the long way." She walked to the entrance doors and exited into the hallway.

Cyborg watched the doors slide close behind her. He glanced back at the boy wonder on the couch. Cyborg sighed and bowed his head.

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Raven walked down the empty hallway to Beast Boy's room.

Raven turned a corner and stopped. Her eyes widened in horror.

Beast Boy's door was gone. All over the floor in front of his room there was debris. It looked like it had been blown to bits. Its pieces were scattered all over the hallway. There was still some dust in the air.

"No!" Raven shouted as she ran to the site.

She hurryingly stepped over the sharp pieces of Beast Boy's door and ran to the doorway.

"Oh no, BEAST BOY!"

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Robin tossed and turned on the couch. He gritted his teeth and gripped his fist. "NO!" he yelled subconsciously.

Cyborg jumped up from where he sat at the kitchen counter. He ran over to Robin.

"No, no STARFIRE!" Robin bolted up and opened his eyes. He jerked his head around. He spotted Cyborg looking at him over the couch with a confused and wide-eyed look.

Robin jumped off the couch.

"Cy-Cyborg! What happened-Starfire! Red X!" He shouted waving his arms about. He paused and looked around.

"Why is it so dark in here?"

Cyborg held his hands up. "Easy man, you were knocked out for a bit."

"It was Red X! Cyborg he has Starfire!" Robin yelled in despair.

"I know man, now we're gonna do everything it takes to get her back but for right now, you have to rest. That was some strong sedative that he used." Cyborg walked over to Robin and put his hand on his shoulder.

Robin shoved it off. "No, I need to begin searching now. She could be anywhere!"

"And only I know where she is." A voice came from the big screen behind the two titans.

Robin whipped around and grit his teeth in anger.

The image of Slade was on the screen. His one eye seemed to laugh at Robin.

Robin's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Where is she." He said very slowly, Cyborg could feel the tension in the air.

Slade leaned towards the camera. "How about for your little friend," He paused.

"We make, a bargain."

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OMG guy's I am SO SORRY. I know I promised I'd have it up almost a week ago and I know I messed up. But you see last Thursday, I came down with the stomach flu and I've had it this whole week too. And now I feel so horrible, about being late with the update and the fact that I can barely stand up without getting dizzy. And now I have all this extra school work to make up…… grrrrreat. And I'm also sorry that this chapter was short, it was meant to be longer, but I wanted to get this up before you guy's decided to stop reading my story entirely because of the lack of updates. So, yeah. If you could leave a review it would be much appreciated. I need something to cheer me up this week because it's been so horrible. Once again, thank you for your patience. And expect a chapter sometime next month.

As Always,

Diamondmoontears

P.S. I'm sorry I could not put in a little sneak peek for the next chapter, truth is I still have to start it. I hope the cliff hanger I left you with will keep you excited for next chapter, 'cause that's when things start to get interesting! Well I hope to see you all then!